Wedding Flowers

My Mum had been taught flower arranging by Constance Spry.  She could cut a few flowers and greenery from her garden, put them in a vase and it always looked great.    After Mum died I thought I'd like to study floristry at evening classes so I enrolled at Southwark College for an HND.   I ended up going for three years and my husband got used to having a funeral wreath or a pew end on the kitchen table.

But I have not really done anything much since then (a friend's wedding 12 years ago and a couple of hand-tied bouquets and some table decorations for home at Christmas).

So when some friends asked me to do the flowers for their wedding Easter weekend,  I was a bit nervous.   Luckily they only wanted four baskets of flowers for the table decorations and the brides bouquet.  

 

Flowers ready for arranging.

 

Baskets with greenery.

 

Flower baskets

 

The bride's bouquet 

Finished table decorations in place at the reception....

Considering it's been so long since I last attempted anything, I'm quite happy with the final result.  I hope the happy couple were too.